KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday said more than 2,600 civilians were killed and nearly 8,000 others injured in 2019 in the country’s conflict-- 24 percent down compared to the previous year. The AIHRC released its annual civilian…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Tuesday. The drone strike by the US troops in Alisher district killed six members of a family on Saturday night, the rights panel said in a statement. It verified claims of the…
Senior presidential advisor Ziaul Haq Amarkhel and ex-president Hamid Karzai have slammed the latest drone strike in southeastern Khost province. On the other hand, US forces say they are probing allegations that five members of a family…
KABUL. AIHRC presented a seven-month report about violence against women today, on November 23, the International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women in Kabul. ShabnamSalehi, a commissioner of AIHRC, told today’s conference that the commission has so far recorded 2,762…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday called for accelerating efforts at starting intra-Afghan peace talks, which the commission termed a reasonable way to end conflict and stop bloodshed. A statement from AIHRC received by Pajhwok Afghan News said…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Right Commission (AIHRC) on Sunday said civilian causalities have increased and it would share report about casualties taking place during the past six months. Shahzad Akbari, AIHRC head, warned during a press conference…
KABUL Independent Human Right Commission (AIHRC) says its members have not been included in some provincial chapters of the electoral watchdog. Based on the election law, AIHRC says, of every three members of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC), one…
The Afghanistan province. Farida Nasari, AIHRC head for Ghor province, told Pajhwok Afghan News most of the victims were women and children, adding 70 percent civilian causalities have been increased within the first five months of this year…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) chief on Thursday said the intensity of war in the country has restricted people’s access to their rights and paved the way for mass violations. Shahrzad Akbar, the newly appointed AIHRC head, said this…
KABUL supported the current government while the remaining backed the Islamic Emirates. Former AIHRC Head Sema Samar, while unveiling the result of a research “women, security and peace in Afghanistan” with reporters here, said 5,000 people were interviewed during the…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), a statement said on Thursday. The statement from the Presidential Palace received by Pajhwok Afghan News said President Ghani appointed Shahrzad Akbar as head of AIHRC, Asadullah Yousufi, Benafsha Yaqubi, Mohammad Ayub Yousufzai, Sayed…
KABUL’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC). In a statement on Thursday, The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called the commission’s role in safeguarding human rights crucial, especially in the context of ongoing peace talks. Earlier in the week, the Afghan…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in northern Balkh province says the people want honourable and durable peace in the country. This was stated during the launch of a campaign to collect written viewpoints from around 200…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Thursday demanded ceasefire between the warring parties without any conditions for what it called prevention of innocent lives of Afghan people and end to the conflicts in the country. AIHRC head Sema Samar,…
KABUL Independent Human Right Commission (AIHRC) said on Tuesday civilian causalities in conflicts have been increased by 19 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year. AIHRC chief, Seema Samar while presenting civilian casualties annual report to a press conference…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), including Sima Samar, the commission’s incumbent head and another sitting commissioner. According to a joint statement released by the Joint Civil Society Work Group and AIHRC received by Pajhwok Afghan News, the working group…
KABUL causing 70 percent of the casualties. AIHRC head Sima Samar told a meeting titled ‘International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism’ here that fighting terrorism needed a long term strategy. According to the AIHRC,…
Afghanistan made majority of prisoners released under the government-Hezbi Islami agreement. Addressing a gathering about the rights body’s next strategic plan in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, Samar said the lack of close monitoring of the…
Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah Abdullah touts the freedom of expression as a fundamental success contributing to the promotion of human rights, social accountability in the country. The Law on Access to Information has helped exposed the citizenry,…
KABUL took place in the last ten months of 2017. The report shows no decline in the number of cases of violent incidents and point towards the existence of a culture of impunity in cases of brutality against women. The…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has demanded an impartial investigation into the arrest of Mohammad Asif Momand, a provincial council member in northern Balkh province. Momand was allegedly arrested by Governor Atta Mohammad Noor guards at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Wednesday asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene and investigate war crimes and human rights violations in Afghanistan because the domestic system lacked the ability to undertake prosecutions itself. AIHRC head Seema…
Militants have been using children as fighters in battles with security forces in southeastern Paktia province, a human rights official said on Wednesday. Saifur Rahman Niazai, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) head for Paktia, said the presence…
KABUL (HIA) on Tuesday asked the human rights commission chief, Seema Samar, to respect the peace agreement between the party and the government. Qarib Rahman Saeed, HIA spokesman, told reporters in Kabul their party was adhered to women’s rights Islam…
